The woodshed
Today
The unit of progress is a tune performed from memory, not a topic covered. Log honest reps. Keep the metronome on 2 & 4.
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The method
The Path
Basics to advanced, comping & soloing & chord-melody interleaved on the same harmony. Blues and swing first; vertical harmony earns its place later. Check a gate only when you can perform it from memory.
The fingerboard
Fretboard
Guitar-native, not a piano abstraction. Guide tones (3 & 7) are colored teal — the comping skeleton, the soloist's targets, and the inner voices of a chord-melody.
Root
Guide tone (3 / 7)
Other tone
The rhythm section
Play-Along
Time-feel is the foundation, not a warm-up. Move the click from every beat → 2 & 4 → beat 4 only → once a bar as your placement improves.
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BAR · BEAT
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Beat
The lit dots are where the click sounds. Internalize the pulse, then take the click away.
The ear
Ear Training
Sound before symbol. Sing it before you name it. This is where jazz actually lives.
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